Re: [HPDD-discuss] Did the lustre maintenance release jump to 2.4.1?

Please note that nobody is obliged to keep track with the latest maintenance release. If your present release is working for you why move? On 10/17/13 7:25 AM, "Scott Nolin" <scott.nolin(a)ssec.wisc.edu&gt; wrote: > Just be aware that 2.4 was the planned maintenance release series - but > that is now being dropped and maintenance release switched to 2.5 when > that comes out. > > If I understand correctly this was a change decided on based on a desire > for HSM features available in 2.5. > > I believe 2.5 is also not as backwards compatible with as many versions > as 2.4. I get the feeling that 2.4 will be viable for a while yet even > after 2.5 is released, but that's just a guess. > > Lustre releases in my opinion are kind of in a strange state right now. > > Scott > > On 10/16/2013 6:33 PM, Bob Ball wrote: >> We are at 2.1.6. So, this means our next step up should be to 2.4.1, is >> that correct? Yes, I would have preferred to have heard such an >> announcement via this list. I would assume the upgrade path/procedure >> is well documented? >> >> bob >> >> On 10/16/2013 6:23 PM, Jones, Peter A wrote: >>> Hi Ed >>> >>> Yes the major version of the maintenance release stream changed. The >>> roadmap aims to show that and we have presented about this change both >>> before and advance at community events like LUG, LAD etc. I suppose >>> that I >>> could/should have stated that information with the release announcement >>> for 2.4.1. Would that kind of notice be sufficient do you think? >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> On 10/16/13 2:44 PM, "Edward Walter" <ewalter(a)cs.cmu.edu&gt; wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> The link for the current maintenance release points here: >>>> >>>> http://downloads.whamcloud.com/public/lustre/latest-maintenance-release >>>> / >>>> >>>> This tree seems to contain Lustre version 2.4.1 (as of 2013/09/12). >>>> Did >>>> the major version for the maintenance stream change? I didn't see any >>>> anouncement to that effect. The Lustre Software Roadmap >>>> (https://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Community+Lustre+Roadmap) >>>> seems >>>> to imply that this will happen at some point. >>>> >>>> Thanks much. >>>> >>>> -Ed Walter >>>> Carnegie Mellon University >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> HPDD-discuss mailing list >>>> HPDD-discuss(a)lists.01.org >>>> https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/hpdd-discuss >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HPDD-discuss mailing list >>> HPDD-discuss(a)lists.01.org >>> https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/hpdd-discuss >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> HPDD-discuss mailing list >> HPDD-discuss(a)lists.01.org >> https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/hpdd-discuss > _______________________________________________ HPDD-discuss mailing list HPDD-discuss(a)lists.01.org https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/hpdd-discuss